Seine hauling appabatus



(N0 Model.)

H. THIEL.

SEINE HAULING APPARATUS.

N0. 490,375. Patented Jan. 24, 1898.

Mw W

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VENELLS,

OB PORT WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN.

SElNE-HAULING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 490,375, dated January24, 1893.

Application filed October 24, 1892.

Serial N0. 449,805. (N0 model.)

T0 all wh0m may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY THIEL, cf Mil- Waukee, in the county cfMilwankee and Slate cf Wisconsin, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Devices for Elevaiing or Lif'ting Fish-Nets, 0f Which thefollowing is a description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which are a part of this specificaticn.

My invention has relation to an improved device for lifting nets.

The elevation cf fish nets fro'm the water on to the deck of a v'cssel,so far as 1 am aware, is now accornplished entirely by band, Which, asis obvious, is a tedious an expensive operation, requiring at least thelabor 0E owo men.

It is the object cf nny invention to provide a device capable ofefif'ecting the work in a simple, efficient and expeditions manner,rendering i possible for one man-a0 accomplish the en'oire work.

\/Vibh the above object in view the invent-ion consists in the improvedconstruction and cornbination 0f parts as hereinaftermore fu1ly sei:f0113h.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l, is; an inner side elevation of aporbion cf a raiI of a vessel, showing my improved device securedthereto, the rotatable reel being shown in longitudinal section, and aportion of the hollow shaft-, standard and stuffing box being insection, and Fig. 2, is anend elevation cf the reel, the rail and afragxnent cf the deck 0f the vessel being in transverse section.

Like letters 0f reference denote like arts in both figures of thedrawings.

Referring so the drawings the letter A indicates the deck of a vessel,having the rail B projecting there-from, in the usual manner.

The lebten O indicates a hollow reel, which is ro1sated on a hollowshaft D,said shaft provided for a certain distance along its length withperforatiohs, The extremities of the shaft projeoting laterally beyondthe end pieces of the reel pass inno aperbures in the upper ends ofstandards E E, the lower end ot said standards being hinged so the innersides 0f the rail. These standards are curved considerably ab thei1upper ends so as to project the reel a dezsired distance beyond the railof the vessel, and are normally held rigidly to said rail by 1neans ofbolts F, F, which ente1 the cap piece of the xail.

In will be noticed tha the standard E is considerably shorter than 1tscompanion and thah also the hinge connection 0f the same With the railis sonne distance higher than the hinge cf. standard E. This arrangemenhis made necessary, in order to bring the hollow reel to a truehorizontal plane notwithstanding the inclination of the rail of thevessel, asfully shown in Fig. l. In is obvious that if the Lwo standardswere of equal length, and the hinge connections made at correspondingpoints on the rail, not only would the reel be thrown at an inclinecorresponding to the inclination 0f the rail, bnc also it would beimpossibleto throw the standards back 0n their hinges whenever suchoperation should be found necessary.

The right band end of shaft D, in Fig. l, is shown as provided with asprocket wheel G, aroundwhic-h passes a sprocket chain H leading to asmall engine, 01 other suitalole motor, not; shown, arranged in anyconvenien portion 0f the vessel. In this manner rotation is imparted tothe shaft 'and the reel carried thereby. The opposite end of the shaftis open, and receives therein a pipe I, said pipe throughouo a eert-ainportion cf its length conforming to the contour of Standard E, andpassing ehrough staples J, 01 equivalents, extending from the outer sideof the The lower end of this pipe after passing through a staple Kextending from the rail connects with a suitable source of steaxnsupply. In order to provide a tight joint between pipe I and the end 0fshaft D a stuffing box L surrounds said pipe and extends over the openend of shaft D.

In operation', the neo ext-ends up from the water over the reel and isgrasped by an operato1 standing on the deck ofi the vessel. The reel isrotated in the manner hereinbefore pointed 0ut, and this rotary motionneoessarily facilitates to a great extent the bauling in o1: the netf10m the water to the deck of the vessel, the labor of one man being alltha is requisite for this purpose. OE course, ib is a desideratum thatthe neh should pass freely over the reel without the slightest im- IOOthereof.

VVhen my improved device 1's not in active use, and in case of heswstorms accompanied by violent Winds, it is desirable that the positionof th0 device should be changed so as 150 be less exposed to theviolence of the Wind. In orde1 to aceornplish this the bolts F F areremoved, after which the device may be read- 1'1y swung inward upon itshinges, the steam pipe I, as Will the reel.

I-Iaving thus described my iuvention What e1aim and des1're 150 secureby Letters Patent 0f the United Stabes is:

l. In a device for elevating 01 lifting through the apertures thereofinne the hollow reel, substantially as 2. In a dev1'ce for elevating orlifting fish the combination of a vessel, standards hinged thereto zu;their 1ower ends,- a hollow pipe may be thrown inward W1th the hingedStandards, substantially In testimony Whereof I affix my signabure inpresenee of two wiiniesses.

HENRY THIEL. Witnesses:

ARTHUR L. MORSELL,

O. T. BENEDIOT.

